Newgard Neighbors Sale
Newgard Avenue between Devon and Pratt
Best of Chicago voting is live now. Vote for your favorites »
Who doesn’t love a neighborhood-wide garage sale? Hundreds of households packed into a four- or five-block grid, all opening their carports and yards to the traffic of used goods. In just a few hours and without using a drop of gasoline (although it helps to own a rolling cart of some sort) you could furnish a dorm room, clothe a toddler, or fill out any mid-90s-leaning CD collection. Chicago has several well-known annual neighborhood sales (the Lakewood-Balmoral Yard Sale, the Bowmanville Street Sale, the Ravenswood Manor Improvement Association Garage Sale), and seasoned secondhand shoppers look forward to them with the same anticipation children reserve for the coming of Saint Nick. And these stalwart sales, like sports teams, are marked by dynastic reigns—periods of time when each event featured more collectible vintage and antique furniture than used baby clothing.
